If you were paying close attention to the news from the U.S. Department of State, you may have seen the August 25th announcement cancelling ALL the pending green card ( Immigrant Visa) appointments at the American Embassy in Barbados, which means that those in the Eastern Caribbean have just now seen another door to enter the United States slam shut.
That means that all Green Card ( Lawful Permanent Resident) processing has ceased, on a worldwide basis. There is no information regarding when or even if, it will reopen for appointments. Coming on the heels of the restrictions on ANTIGUA and DOMINICA, it must be a disappointment to many in the region. What will be next, we wonder?We do know that a few visitor's visas for West Indians have been granted, but they are uniformly of the short term/single entry version, which makes many people who are thinking of applying and staying past the expiration date think again, and fearing the nasty deportation procedure, will choose to not apply at all.
The next blow to the ability of Eastern Caribbean passport holders may come from across the Pond; because on Tuesday, all five of the EC CBI passport-issuing states must ramp up their applicant inquiry programs to the functional equivalent of Enhanced Due Diligence, or visa-free entry to the EU could be abruptly halted. Let's see what Antigua's totally arrogant Prime Minister, GASTON BROWNE does with his CIP program, by 1 September, as I have my doubts that he will change anything with the CIU. Stay tuned, as the fur may fly this week, and Antigua may be the one left without EU access.
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